Well it's not the cost... customs won't let me bring it back to my country and I don't want to risk trying it by putting it in my checked luggage on the flight. Next thing I know my ass will be in Jail... though that might be much preferrable to this sordid life at work...^^

poor you...um, move?

or you could mail it....lol I mailed my dad's 20 gauge up north, all you gotta do is asay its a firarm, show it and show your id and its ont he way...

with swords you can't do that. for instance, in several states it's illegal to own a sword or any other kind of bladed weapon (including a knife, apparently). California's one, i think....NY is another.

moving right along, i just traded the Sapphire one to my mother's boyfriend for his green Korean blade (similar to a straight samurai katana, but of different origins) which is REAL. hand crafted sword AND sheath. i also got a compound bow from him. i'll have to build up some upper body strength to use it, as it's a heavy pull compared to my 34 pound pull recurve, but it'll be useful for hunting (i'd have to camo my recurve)

for those interested, i finally reinstalled my webcam's drivers. i'll be able to use it when i move in with my mother and Rick next week. I may, however, wait until i can buy a real Digital Camera to take pictures

are you talking strictly about katanas or can we talk about other tradtional swords like tanto and wakizashi

Tanto and wakizashi are just fine Seiki! The more info the merrier. In fact the only bottom line is that it be japanese :rolleyes:

@DR - Yay! Now we can get to see your swords *drools and plots evil plans to steal them all ^_^*

well the tanto was a sword more like a dagger that was most notabley used by samurai to commit sepuku or an honorable suicide by plunging the blade into their stomaches

Correct! In fact a katana and a wakizashi/tanto are sometimes carried together by the warrior class and this outfit was called a Daisho.